How is it that home prices are rocketing upwards in an era when proportionally, repayments are rising at the fastest rate ever? It confounds all sensibility at first blush.

And, given this city is arguably the most desirable place on earth to live, why aren’t enough houses and units being built so more people can?

This digital mini-series by The Daily Telegraph seeks to answer these questions through the lens of ordinary Sydneysiders looking to buy, rent, build or get out of a tent.

The stakes could hardly be higher. Our city’s ability to function properly – and the intrinsically Australian notion of a fair go – are under threat as the cost of owning or renting surge.

Episode 1: These are the underbidders – the generation of Sydneysiders losing the battle to buy as home prices defy logic, leaving their aspirations in limbo. WATCH IT HERE

Episode 2: A Sydney council picks a major project for accelerated approval meant to take as little as two years. Six years on, it’s still a home for horses. WATCH IT HERE

Episode 3: Am I being gaslit by Sydney? A newcomer to our city asks this after her landlord demands 35 per cent more. Others renters say they’re leaving. WATCH IT HERE

Episode 4: Kerry works by day but at night lives with her pets in a tent in a city park. What’s being done to increase social and affordable housing? WATCH IT HERE